If you want to be able to transfer to your BlackBerry, this setting needs to be enabled. It is not necessary if all you want to do is send files from the BlackBerry.

Upload Photo from Computer to BlackBerry
Potential Usage: Transfer a picture to use as a background or for caller ID on the BlackBerry.

On the BlackBerry
1. Media -> Press the menu key and select Receive Using Bluetooth
2. You should see a message on the phone that says Waiting for Connection.

On the Computer
1. Launch a Bluetooth file transfer client. I used KDE's Bluetooth OBEX Client.
2. Click the Search button. With the Curve you should see an entry for a BlackBerry 8300 File Transfer Agent.
3. Drag files to transferred to the File to Send area then click Send
4. Press yes on the BlackBerry to allow the transfer
5. Select the folder to save to

Download Photo from BlackBerry to Computer
Potential Usage: Transfer pictures taken with the BlackBerry Curve's built-in camera to a computer.

if you plug your device into the Pc through a USB port then depending on any type of PC then a window should automatically appear and then you can click import all pics and vids if not then go to your computer icon and do it manually through clicking the type of device on which you have plugged in and then click onto your pics and highlight them all and transfer into your docs on your PC account. hope it helps :)

I've only tried KDE, but there shouldn't be any reason why it wouldn't work in GNOME. Do you have the gnome-bluetooth package installed? It contains the gnome-obex-send and gnome-obex-server clients for sending and receiving files.

i had this problem--you cannot directly transfer the files from your computer to the phone--BUT you can import them into your email and then sync your contacts in email setup. hope this is helpful for someone :)

I have a sophisticated mac and a blackberry I have them connected on the Bluetooth but will it cost me anything or send and receive anything. How does it actually work anyway? Is it like a wireless router in the computer that transfers the data via the bluetooth or what?? the main thing is, I don't want extra charges on my bill so internet access or anything like that.

Transfering over Bluetooth won't cost you anything. It's completely outside of the phone companies network. You can think of it as similar to WiFi, but you're just connecting point-to-point between devices instead of going through a router.

I have a sprint blackberry curve 8330 and sprint samsung m520 and samsung m510. When I attempt to send media picture from samsung m520 to blackberry curve 8330, the connection just hangs. The percentage bar stays at 0% on the blackberry curve and the connection on the samsung m520 appears to be be hung, frozen and no action. Nothing happens at all. It appears as if both phones are frozen. But when i cancel the connections the connections are cancelled immediately, so I do not believe the bluetooth transfer are hung or frozen. Ive tried over and over again many times. I have made sure all of my settings are on, enabled, encryption set, phones right next to one another, and ready to go. I can send media files to other bluetooth enabled devices, but why is it that I am unable to receive/connect files using bluetooth. Same scenario with the samsung m510. The samsung m520 and m510 are compatible sending and receiving files using bluetooth. But why not to my blackberry? I called Sprint for tech support several times and one rep told me that blackberry compared to my samsung m520 and m510 are like a ferrari communicating with a ford taurus. Is that true? I thought and heard the blackberry network/system was so amazing and almost capable of doing almost anything. This really sucks if I am really unable to receive information using my bluetooth on the Blackberry curve. What sense does that make? Can you offer any suggestions, tips, tricks, support on how to make my bluetooths communicate? thanks

While receiving data or before you will have to go to MEDIA----(press optio key)---->(choose) Receive using Bluetooth. Try and see even I had the same problem. Other mobile doesnt need this but blackeberry does...

Pair the Blackberry to the bluetooth computer.
After pairing is complete you should see the PC's bluetooth connection on the blackberry screen. Highlight the connection, then push the Blackberry menu button (just to the left of the trackball).